Stop and guide for metal windows.



No. 816,041. PATENTED MAR. 27, 190 6. v. ROSS.

STOP AND GUIDE FOR METAL WINDOWS.

APPLI'UA'TION FILED JULY 17, 1905. VF t zen of the United States,

. use in connection stiles opposite saidchannel Figs. 2 and 0 recelves an ad usting-screw; F1

- which extends lengthwise from NrrE STATES PATENT; OFFICE.

. M VERNON'ROSS, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI. STOP AND GUIDE FOR METAL wmoows.

To all whom, it may concern.- Be it known that I, VERNON Ross, a citi- 1n the county of Jackson and State of ssouri, have invented new and useful Imrovements in Stops and Guides for Metal indows, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an adjustable stop or strip for the purpose of making a metal winow dust and weather p'roofl The invention is particularly adapted for wlth sheet-metal or fireproof windows, and it is designed, to provide improved means'for'making a tight joint be-' tween thecasings dows. T j

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

igure 1 is a horizontal section of one side of a window. provided with the invention. 3 are details of afixed nut which gs. 4 and 5 are details in elevation of plates which cooperate with the screw.: i

and the sash of such win- Referringspecifically to. the drawings, 6 in-.

' the head to the sill of the Wmdow-casing and which is corrugated or bent tofit the channel andsides of the channel ooves 9. and to form' at its'middle one sheet of metal proper as shown.

grooves in the casing and the stiles. The strip fits at its sides in close contact with the shaped to fit the contour or surface .of the ortion a ead 10 between the stiles. or stop for both stilesis 1preferably made of y ben and shaped,-

Specification of Letters Patent- :Applicatiou 119a July 17,1905. semi Noz'zaoos.

contact with the residing at Kansas Thi its head a -less size than the head strip. he stop is adjusted in or out by Letters Patent, is the 'sash a 8, beyond which it is.

The w ole strip For adjusting the strip in or out to vary its bottom of the channelS, and

plate 13, having flanges 13 which fit against oflset portions 10 at the ed es of the stop 10. Over or outside its head t e screw carries a block 14, having an openin 15 of of the screw, t ough wh1ch a screw-driver may be inserted to turn the screw. The strip 10 has an opening at 16 for the same purpose. As shown, the block 14 fits within the bead 10, formed by-the means of a screw-driver inserted through t inwardly, carrying with'it thev sto or strip. By turning the, screw back the blbck 14 is forced out, pressingthe stop 10 to contact in the grooves 9, which contact may be made as tight as desired.v Y g This stop or strip of the sash and and outsidebeads and also forms guides for the stile makes a dust and weather proof joint and avo dsj loosenessand rattling of the sash.

-' at I claim as new, and desire to secure The combination with a window -*casin having a vertical channel in the side thereo of sliding sash therein'having grooved stiles, a sheet-metal stri bent to form a bead between the sash and ri which vfits at rts sides against the sides of the channel, a screw engaging the casing, and plates fitting within said strip and located respectivel under and over the head of the screw,'w ereby the stri ay be adjusted in or out.' I

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VERNON oss. I Witnesses: I I

WM. MfW Is, J. G. INenLs,

" Patentedma'rch 27, 1906.

M e'hole' 15.' By turning the screw in the plate 13 is moved grooves 9 a screw 11.is used. s screws into a nut 12, securedto the engages under avoids the necessity for inside s fitting in the grooves, and i 

